Parks and towns north of San Antonio were some of the best spots to catch a big bass in January, a new Texas Parks and Wildlife Department map revealed.

Through community reporting, the department was able to tally up how many bass that weighed 8 pounds or more and were at least 24 inches in length were caught from various lakes across the state at the start of 2018.

A total of 27 were logged in the department's Toyota ShareLunker program. To log a catch, anglers can create an account on the ShareLunker website, and enter information about the fish and attach a photo.

Four of January's entries were made in Conroe, outside of Houston. Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Toledo Bend had the second-most entries with three fish caught at each in January, according to the department.

The TPWD department illustrates the catches with blue dots. The larger the dot, the more fish were caught in that area, according to the map.

"January was cold, but some dedicated bass anglers still got out on the lakes and caught some monster bass," ShareLunker officials said.

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